The NEW Camino Vello

[t2andreo]

Here is a new report of a just documented NEW Camino route. See the article in today's (28 June 2024) El Voz de Galicia (Santiago):

El Camino de Santiago suma una nueva ruta basada en una cartografía de hace 200 años

Los peregrinos que realicen el Vello Camiño, de cien kilómetros, aún no podrán recibir la compostela al no estar oficializado

www.lavozdegalicia.es

Approval may not come until 2025. Unfortunately, this will open yet another, barely 100 km route for "short-walkers."

Then again, it might take some pressure off the Sarria to Santiago stretch on the Camino Frances. Antyhing that helps spread the pressure on the infrastructure would be a step in the right direction.

Hope this helps.

Tom

 

[peregrina2000]

Here is a new report of a just documented NEW Camino route. See the article in today's (28 June 2024) El Voz de Galicia (Santiago):

Thanks, Tom, but it’s behind a paywall. Since you’ve read it, you must be a subscriber and I wonder if there’s any way for subscribers to “gift” a certain number of articles to non-subscribers. I know the New York Times and the Washington Post have that option, but maybe it’s not a widespread feature for regional papers.

 

[Pelegrin]

The article says that the Camiño Vello
has two variants one from A Coruña ( "almost" 100 kms and four stages) and other from Betanzos ( 101 kms and five stages) and both join in a point between the villages of Rodís and Bardaos. It enters Santiago at the parish of A Peregrina. It is not official by the Xunta yet. The article also says that this Camino "has no difficulty".

 

[Camino Chrissy]

The article also says that this Camino "has no difficulty".

If this is true, then @peregrina2000 will probably not be interested after all since she loves the challenge of the very difficult routes.

 

[Pelegrin]

This Camino is not flat. From sea level to 400+ mts in Rodís.

 

[t2andreo]

Thanks, Tom, but it’s behind a paywall. Since you’ve read it, you must be a subscriber and I wonder if there’s any way for subscribers to “gift” a certain number of articles to non-subscribers. I know the New York Times and the Washington Post have that option, but maybe it’s not a widespread feature for regional papers.

I copied and converted the article to a .pdf file. I have attached it here.

Hope this helps.

Tom

 

[VNwalking]

I tried a search online for a map and only found this camino from Ferrol to San Andrés de Teixido, which is something different.

Camino Vello a Teixido - Camino a San Andrés de Teixido

caminoasanandres.com

But what especially piqued my interest on that website were links to a bunch of other routes. So...rabbithole warning!

 

[Stephan the Painter]

I copied and converted the article to a .pdf file. I have attached it here.

Hope this helps.

Tom

Interesting news. Another Camino route is always a good thing.

In the PDF, it mentions the Mar de Arousa and Ulla Route

Which I had never heard of. I couldn't find much information on this, but it seems like it's a combination sailing and walking route? And the route is posited the route to be that the boat carrying the remains of Saint James followed inland?

This is the best webpage I found:

The Sea Route of Arousa and of the Ulla river

The Sea Route of Arousa and of the Ulla river

vivecamino.com

 

[t2andreo]

I did not drill down on many links. If the route is not authorized for issuing Compostelas, I tend not to be too interested. It's not that I don't care. More like, as a Pilgrim Office volunteer, I need to be aware of some routes, but not others - yet.

Thanks for the information.

 

[El Cascayal]

Here is a response from La Voz de Galicia.

Ese no es el camino

Ya suman treinta y dos los falsos caminos de Santiago

www.lavozdegalicia.es

 

[Stephan the Painter]

Here is a response from La Voz de Galicia.

Ese no es el camino

Ya suman treinta y dos los falsos caminos de Santiago

www.lavozdegalicia.es

Interesting that there is pushback.

When I was walking the Camino, and thinking about medieval pilgrims, I was considering how much information I had.

I suspect 300 or 800 years ago, a pilgrim likely didn't have a map. Likely didn't have even know the name of the next small town coming up until they were quite near it. And they certainly didn't have route markers telling them which path to stay on.
I speculate that medieval era Pilgrims walked a lot of different paths near what we consider the "traditional Caminos."

No real knowledge here, but without a map, probably historic pilgrims would just kind of head in the general direction along routes that looked good. I bet they walked down all these routes at one time or another.

 

[VNwalking]

probably

Probably?!? Certainly no GPS.

 

[Stephan the Painter]

Probably?!? Certainly no GPS.

Haha. Thats why I need an editor... of course not, it's a writing error. Which I will change in case it becomes a point of focus, as these things do.

 

[El Cascayal]

In Galicia and surrounding close regions, Peregrinos walked out of their homes to Santiago. Likely following whatever available routes they had or knew, with a consideration for safety, lodging, etc… So it’s likely anytime you are in Galicia if you throw a rock in any direction some Peregrina likely walked it at sometime in the life of Los Camiños por Galicia. Si o no?

 

[Pelegrin]

In the Middle Ages the presence of wolves or bears on certain areas could affect on the decision to take a particular way to Santiago.